[hsflinux] Re: Caller-ID / Linux Modem Drivers

[Marc Boucher]

Hi,

It seems that you are confusing PPP authentication (PAP, CHAP) with
Caller-ID.

Caller-ID allows the modem to display the number of the calling party
when transmitted by the central office.  You shouldn't need the Caller-ID
feature to connect to the Internet.

If your connection attempts are failing due to incorrect user name or password
then the cause is most probably a PPP / dialer configuration error.

Marc

On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 06:51:31PM +0100, David wrote:
> Marc Boucher
> 
> HI i have mandrake Linux installed and i have installed the appropriate drivers and it says that either my user name or password is incorrect which isn't true and then i looked on you site and it says it doesn't allow caller ID so does that mean they won't recieve my username and if this is the case how are you meant to connect to the internet even with the drivers.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> David